Talkin' bout YOUR generation...


Hello.

A lightweight thread here, folks. Just want to see where we are all coming from - YOUR generation, that is.

We all had a defining band growing up. In your formative years, who was that band??? The only rules are that you have to pick a band from the time when you were somewhere between the ages of 11 and 17, and they have had to be current at the time - still together and vibrant. For example, at age 34, I can't pick The Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, or The Who, even though I may have listened to them a great deal. As such, I doubt any of us will be able to choose Haydn or Vivaldi...

It would be that if CDs were in cars at the time, that would be blaring when you picked up your friends. It doesn't mean you have to still be listening to them today. Heck, you may even hate them now.

I think it will provide a little insight into our backgrounds and a special time of our lives. OK, so let's have some fun with this!

MY choice in my time period(1980 - 1986) would have to be Van Halen, and I don't even listen to them anymore
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Bill Haley and the Comets. Used to listen to Alan Freed on the radio everyday. We're talking a long time ago.
Forgot Dave Clark Five, then later Early Chicago and Steely Dan.

Anybody remember Hot Tuna ?
For me I did not have really one band that stuck out, but these always seemed to be in heavy rotation-

The Cure-Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, Head on the Door
Depeche Mode-Music for the Masses, 101, Violator
The Smiths-Strangeways Here we Come
Siouxie and The Banshees-Tinderbox and Through the Looking Glass
New Order-Substance
The Replacements
Jesus and Mary Chain
Skinny Puppy
Death in June

I was lucky to grow up with a killer local college station-
KFSR 90.7 Fresno State Radio with a cool dj Radio London. Everynight from the age of 11 till I turned 18 I would listen from the time I got home till time I fell asleep.
For me:

Chicago

Blood Sweat & Tears

Tower of Power

Santana

Ides of March

CS&N

Doobie Brothers

Earth Wind & Fire

AWB

Mandrill

Cold Blood

Temptations

O Jays

Lighthouse

Yes

Jame Brown

James Gang